One time, Joey Buttafuoco called in to the show and was talking to Howard about something. Fred jumped in with a question, and it went like this:

Joey B: Who asked that?

Howard: That was Fred!

Joey B: Who's Fred?

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The best thing to ever happen to the Stern show was when Amy left and Lou got to shine! He was great on the show and didn't take any shit from anyone. His catch phrases alone kept it going for at least a few months.